It's probably too early to pronounce the bear market dead, but a number of stocks seem to have survived their own near-death experiences. Nearly 50 stocks have had brushes with a deep correction and lived to tell the story. Those 46 stocks have tripled or more from their 52-week lows and now have stock prices of at least $10 a share, according to a USA TODAY analysis of the stocks in the Standard & Poor's 1500 using data from Capital IQ.

Kids TV programmers recognize that these days, the Web and video games are serious rivals for short attention spans. Yet big shows still yield big numbers: Disney Channel's Hannah Montana premiered last month and set channel records among tween viewers (ages 9-14), and a special episode of Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants last month drew more than 8 million.

A portrait by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec sold for $22.4 million Tuesday at a Christie's sale of Impressionist and Modern paintings and sculptures, the highest auction price ever paid for a work by the artist.